Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
CSVA

CSVA Mission

The Centre advances knowledge and understanding of the languages, literatures, history, and material and visual cultures of the Viking Age and its aftermath, in both Scandinavia and the Viking diaspora, for the benefit of academics, students and the general public.

Public engagement and knowledge exchange with non-academic audiences are important to us, and are based on the high-quality individual and collaborative research carried out by our members. We participate in collaborative projects, publications, conferences, seminars and networks with other academics across Britain and the world, and we train the scholars of the future by offering a Master's course and supervising PhD students.

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About us

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Research projects

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Publications

 
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Public engagement

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Events

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Resources

 

Events

Impact of the coronavirus on events

As you'll appreciate many events are currently disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. We expect opportunities to run as usual from the academic year 2021/22, although this cannot be guaranteed.

  • Viking Society Student Conference 2024
    Date
    27/04/2024
    Description
    The Viking Society Student Conference will be held at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 27 April 2024.10:00 – 10:55 Registration 10:55 – 11:00 Opening Comments11:00 – 12:30 Panel 1 - Life in the Viking Age12:30 – 13:30 Lunch13:30 – 14:30 Panel 2 - Archaeological Perspectives on the Viking Age14:30 – 14:45 Break14:45 – 15:45 Panel 3 - Christian Religion in the Viking Age15:45 – 16:00 Break16:00 – 17:00 Keynote Speaker Keith Ruiter - Analogical Environments: Indigenous Law and Viking Studies?
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News

  • School of English scores 94% in NSS 2016
    Description
    The University of Nottingham's results for the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS) are in. The results are the University's best to date and its strongest year-on-year improvement since the NSS began in 2005. School of English scored 94% for 'overall satisfaction'.
  • Dr Christina Lee awarded Vice Chancellor's Medal
    Description
    Congratulations to Dr Christina Lee, who has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Medal in recognition of her pioneering work in developing interdisciplinary research, notably between the arts and the sciences, where she has played a leading role in the development of an international cross-disciplinary network of historians, philologists and microbiologists to investigate the efficacy of medieval remedies in relation to antibiotic resistance.
  • Hayden Ashby Goes the Extra Mile
    Description
    Hayden Ashby won one of the Student Union's 'Going the Extra Mile' Volunteer Awards.
  • The Weird and Wonderful Sounds of Place-Names
    Description
    A podcast on the pronunciation of place-names.
  • Viking World: free public events
    Description
    Registration is now open for the free public events as part of the prestigious Viking World 2016 conference. Attendance is free but places are limited so you need to book in advance.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

Trent Building
The University of Nottingham
University Park

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5900
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 5924
email: csva@nottingham.ac.uk